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The latest questions and answers, from members following Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close at eNotes.Wed, 27 May 2015 18:17:10 PSTen-usAs with most mystery fiction, there are actually three separate...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/timeline-all-major-events-extremely-loud-close-480153
As with most mystery fiction, there are actually three separate timelines in Jonathan Safran Foer's 2005 novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, one ontological and two epistemological. On the ontological level, there is a chronology of external events. Epistemologically, there are two separate types of timelines, that of the order in which characters and the narrator discover information, and that in which the reader discovers information....http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/timeline-all-major-events-extremely-loud-close-480153Wed, 27 May 2015 18:17:10 PSTWhat is the timeline of major events in Jonathan Safran Foer's novel...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/timeline-all-major-events-extremely-loud-close-480153
What is the timeline of major events in Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/timeline-all-major-events-extremely-loud-close-480153#1May 27, 2015, 3:02 pm PSTI think it means that Oscar doesn't find anything that he wants to say....http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/hows-blank-pages-that-lacking-words-significant-328062
I think it means that Oscar doesn't find anything that he wants to say. I feel like he's done. The book is basically Oscar's diary and with blank pages it can mean,that he doesn't want to say anything. In the book, his grandmother tries to write her own story but she couldn't because she was at the "blank" emotional state and that it was like writing with a "space bar". Her life was bleak and there was nothing worth writing about. Oscar can't...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/hows-blank-pages-that-lacking-words-significant-328062Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:54:25 PSTThis novel unites two terrible and terrifying experiences together: 9/11...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-methods-does-foer-use-convey-trauma-war-what-461540
This novel unites two terrible and terrifying experiences together: 9/11 and the firebombing of Dresden. Foer does this to show the impact of emotional trauma and how humans cope, or rather how they don't cope very well, with loss and such terrible events. The main way in which Foer presents the impact of traumatic events is through the presentation of the various characters in this novel and how they live their lives in response to the...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-methods-does-foer-use-convey-trauma-war-what-461540Mon, 4 Nov 2013 06:46:48 PSTWhat methods does Foer use in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-methods-does-foer-use-convey-trauma-war-what-461540
What methods does Foer use in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close to convey the trauma of war? What narrative techniques does he use to represent traumatic events (arising from WWII and 9/11) and traumatic pathologies they might result in?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-methods-does-foer-use-convey-trauma-war-what-461540#2October 29, 2013, 9:30 am PSTThe quest that Oskar undertakes is precipitated by a key that is found...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/which-3-blacks-that-important-oskar-438542
The quest that Oskar undertakes is precipitated by a key that is found in an envelope with the name "Black" on it. This causes Oskar to think that this key was left deliberately for him by his father for him to find the lock that is opened with it. This is the first "Black" that is important to Oskar, as he sees this Black as a direct communication to him from his dead father, and believes that he has been left with a quest to complete. Of...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/which-3-blacks-that-important-oskar-438542Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:59:28 PSTStephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, is in Extremely Loud and...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-stephen-hawking-included-novel-438541
Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, is in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close for several reasons. One reason is that his letters are the metaphorical window (or mirror) through which we see Oskar's perpetual feelings of disappointment and longing. These apply outright to Hawking but also apply symbolically to Oskar's father.Another reason is to provide an ironic counterbalance to that which is extremely loud and incredibly close....http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-stephen-hawking-included-novel-438541Wed, 5 Jun 2013 23:07:55 PSTIn Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which are the 3 Blacks that are...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/which-3-blacks-that-important-oskar-438542
In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which are the 3 Blacks that are important to Oskar?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/which-3-blacks-that-important-oskar-438542#3June 4, 2013, 11:33 pm PSTWhy is Stephen Hawking included in the novel Extremely Loud and...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-stephen-hawking-included-novel-438541
Why is Stephen Hawking included in the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-stephen-hawking-included-novel-438541#4June 4, 2013, 11:31 pm PSTThere is a clear connection between Johnathan Safan Foer's novel and...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/can-someone-please-connect-heros-journey-novel-438312
There is a clear connection between Johnathan Safan Foer's novel and Joseph Campbell's articulation of the "Hero's Journey." There are twelve steps that a character must go through on this journey to heroic status, and three distinct phases of that journey. Part 1 begins in the "Ordinary World": For Oskar, this part of the journey is incredibly brief. His idyllic childhood with his heroic (to him) father is cut short and Oksar is thrust into...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/can-someone-please-connect-heros-journey-novel-438312Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:48:50 PSTThe words "fall" and "lie" can, of course, be connected to the collapse...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-do-words-symbol-fall-lie-reason-being-438315
The words "fall" and "lie" can, of course, be connected to the collapse of the World Trade Center's towers. "Fall" can also be symbolic of Oskar's life as he finds himself in a mental free fall, trying to make sense of the inexplicable and unravel the "lies" that various people (he perceives) are telling him to keep him from the truth (burying an empty coffin, for example.) Finding a "reason for being" is at the heart of the existential...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-do-words-symbol-fall-lie-reason-being-438315Tue, 4 Jun 2013 15:33:22 PSTHow do the words or symbol "fall", "lie", and "reason for being"...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-do-words-symbol-fall-lie-reason-being-438315
How do the words or symbol "fall", "lie", and "reason for being" contributive to the novel.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-do-words-symbol-fall-lie-reason-being-438315#5June 3, 2013, 6:42 pm PSTCan someone please connect the Hero's Journey to the novel?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/can-someone-please-connect-heros-journey-novel-438312
Can someone please connect the Hero's Journey to the novel?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/can-someone-please-connect-heros-journey-novel-438312#6June 3, 2013, 6:00 pm PSTThe last chapter is titled “Beautiful and True” because Oskar...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-meaning-last-chapter-title-beautiful-true-437868
The last chapter is titled “Beautiful and True” because Oskar discovers the truth, and finds beauty in his life again. This is a very meaningful chapter. Oskar learns that his mother and Ron met in a support group for people who lost loved ones. This gives him a completely different view of Ron and their relationship. He realizes that Ron is not trying to replace his father. The reader also learns that the “renter” is really his...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-meaning-last-chapter-title-beautiful-true-437868Fri, 31 May 2013 19:36:38 PSTWhat is the meaning of the last chapter title "Beautiful and True" in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-meaning-last-chapter-title-beautiful-true-437868
What is the meaning of the last chapter title "Beautiful and True" in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-meaning-last-chapter-title-beautiful-true-437868#7May 31, 2013, 6:30 pm PST